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FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-14.1918.

Patented June 3, 1919.

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WILLIAM E. WINTER, 0F WILLIAIVISPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1919.

Applicationfiled November 14, 1918. Serial No. 262,479.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WINTER, a citizen of the'United States, residing at lVilliamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates more especially to school furniture, and one of the primary objects is to provide novel, simple, and at the same time, effective means, Whereby the top member of such furniture can be elevated or depressed, and secured firmly in the desired adjusted position.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a seat havin the improved adjusting means.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding view of a desk illustrating the same type of adjusting means and also the mountingfor the top.

Figs. 3 and 1 are views at right angles respectively to Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the adjusting bars and link connections for the top.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the washers for the wedge connections.

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view showing the tie connections between the base and to and the adjusting wedges.

. %imilar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. 1

In the embodiment disclosed, and referring more particularly to Figs. 1, 3, 6 and 7 a base member 8 is employed having spaced upstanding tapered projections 9 at its ends, providing angularly disposed inclined surfaces 10. A top member 11, in the present specific embodiment, consisting of a seat 12 and a back 13, is provided with depending tapered projections 14 having angularly disposed inclined surfaces 15 that are arranged in opposition to the surfaces 10.

The top 11 may be of any desired structure, but preferably the seat has secured to its rear portion uprights 16 that extend above and below said seat,-and are braced, as shown at 17 Tension bars 18 connect the lower ends of the bars 13 with the front portions of the seat 12.

The base and top members 8 and 11 are connected by extensible tie elements, consisting of rods or bolts 19 passing downwardly through the apices of the projections 14, their lower portions passing through the apices of the upstandino projections 9 and being threaded into yokes 20 fixed in the base 8. The bolts or rods 19 have heads '21 at their upper ends that are exposed, so that they can be turned for the purpose of screwing said rods or bolts into or out of the yokes. Interposed between the projections 9 and 14 and bearing against their inclined surfaces 10 and 15 are adjusting wedges 22 that are movable toward and from each other accordingly as the seat is raised or depressed and as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. These wedges are also connected by tie elements, which as shown more particularly in Fig. 7, comprise central coupling yokes 23 having slots 24c through which the tie rods 19 pass. The ends of the yoke are provided with threaded sockets into which are screwed the inner ends of bolts 25 that pass transversely through the wedges. By screwing the bolts 25 more or less into the couplings, it will be evident that the wedges can be fixed at any desired distance apart.

Fig. 2 illustrates a desk structure having adjusting means exactly corresponding to that already described. For example, the

base member is designated 8*, the top member is 11*, and these are provided respectivel with upstanding and depending tapere projections 9 and 14?. The projections are connected by an extensible tie element 19 and wedges .22 are interposed between the inclined surfaces of the projections and are adjustably connected by tie elements 23. It will be obvious that not only the structure but the method of adjustment of the two pieces of furniture are precisely the same.

The desk consists of a box body 26 of any suitable character having a fixed ledge 27 forming a part of the top. A movable top member 28 is also provided, which may be of any desired construction and normall covers the open upper side of the desk in the usual manner. For certain purposes it is desirable to secure the top not only in its normal inclined position, as shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 4, but also to hold it in a horizontal position. At thesame-time it is, of course, requisite that free access can be had to the interior of the box body 26. To this end, adjusting bars 29 are pivoted on the inner faces of the ends of the box wardly, so as to hold the top member 28 in horizontal position as indicated in dotted lines atA in Fig. 2. It will be noted, therefore, that this arrangement permits the top of the desk to be entirely closed, or the top member to be placed in a horizontal position and swung rearwardly more nearly over the seat. In this latter position the front edge of the top member 28 is spaced from the fixed ledge 27, affording access to the shelf 35 in the top body and consequently to pencils, ink or the like placed thereon. It will also be observed that with this structure the desk top can be swung to fully open position as indicated in dotted lines at B in Fig. 2 to permit free and unobstructed access to the interior of the box body.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as'new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In furniture of the character set forth, the combination with a base member and a 'top member, of means movable transversely between the members for effecting their relative adjustment toward and from each other, and an extensible and contractile tie connection between the members to bind the same firmly upon the adjusting means and secure said members together.

2. In furniture of the character set'forth, the combination with a base member and a top member, of devices interposed between the members and relatively movable toward and from each other, transversely of the members for. effecting the relative adjust ment of the latter toward and from each other, and an extensible bolt tie connection between the members that permits their sep- 7 araition and secures them together.

3. In furniture of the character set forth, the combination with a base member and a top member, of oppositely disposed wedge devices'interposed betweenthe members and both movable thereon toward and from each other, transversely of sald members for effecting their relative adjustment toward and the combination with a base member, of a top member, an extensible tie connection be tween the members, and wedge devices inter posed between the members and adjustable toward and from'each other to effect the relative adjustment of said members toward and from each other.

V 5. In furniture of the character set forth, the combination with a base member having an upper inclined face, of a top member havtensible tie connection between the members, and a wedge device engaging the faces and adjustable thereon for eflecting the relative adjustment of the members toward and from each other. r I

6. In furniture of the character set forth, the combination with a base member having angularly disposed upper inclined faces, of a top member having angularly disposed lower inclined faces arranged in'opposition 'able toward and from each other for effect- 1ng an opposing lower inclined face, an eX- ing the relative adjustment of the top memher with respect to the base member.

1 7 In furniture of the character set'forth, the combination with a base member having an upstanding tapered projection, of a top memberhaving a depending tapered projection, an extensible tie bolt connecting the apices of the projections, wedges interposed between the sides of the projections and movable toward and from each other, and adjustable tie connections between the wedges.

8. In furniture of the character set forth, the combination with a base member," of a top member located thereover and-vertically adjustable toward and from the base member, said members having respectively op- 'wedge element interposed between and slidable on said faces, and means for holding the wedge in difierent positions with respect to said faces to thereby secure the top member at different elevationsv with respect to the base. r

In testimony whereof, I afiix'my signature in the presence of two witnesses. i f r WILLIAM E. WINTER.- Witnesses: 1

AARON Gr. MENTZ, V ADA L. Coormn Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

